Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Hektor was introduced in 1933. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 25. elokuuta 2000 22:35 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Hektor infos needed >This is an early lens built before the Leica II became available in 1932. If >it has a mark on the lower part of the lens barrel, a small white arrow >though a circle, then it has a standardised lens mount (starting 1931). If >it has a three digit number engraved on the lens barrel, then it was made >for one specific camera before the lens mount was standardised. What is it >worth? Considering the condition probably not that much. It is a moderately >rare lens, being uncoupled, but collectors are usually after EX+ at a >minimum preferably mint. Now if a collector had the matching camera and was >looking for its original lenses...... > >John Collier > >Even if the lens did not have a standardised mount originally, it may have >been converted to a standardised mount which would explain why it is no >longer with its matching camera. > >> From: robert o beaudoin <bussbearm@juno.com> >> >> I have just seen a 135 mm Hektor lens in an antique shop. It is a >> screw mount lens in desperate condition cloudy and brassy and dirty. >> However the lens is not rangefinder coupled, it is not numbered, has a O >> near the screw mount and has what seems to be a brass screw mount. >> >> Question: is this an edition that I should leave where it is or scoop >> it up because it will make the delight of collectors on eBay. >> >